Embossed Velvet and Duct Tape Wallet

Materials

Hot Potatoes rubber stamps
cutting mat *
craft knife
straight edge
duct tape
acetate/rayon velvet
spray bottle of water
iron

* Always work on a cutting mat!

Note: To make any projects from duct tape, you will need to learn to make sheets first. The wallet is composed of several sheets.

1. To make the duct tape sheet: Cut 7 or 8 strips of tape that are 9 inches long.

2. Horizontally, lay down one of the strips with the adhesive side facing up (Piece A).

3. Lay a second piece (Piece B) horizontally over the first piece. This time the sticky side faces down. Place this strip halfway down piece A. So if Piece A is 8 inches wide, piece B will be placed 4 inches horizontally down from Piece A (figure A).

4. Fold the exposed side of Piece A over to cover half of Piece B (figure B). This has created one sealed side of your sheet.

5. Pull up the entire piece and flip it over on the cutting mat (figure C).

6. Lay a third piece horizontally to cover the sticky exposed piece of Piece B (figure D).

7. Pull up the entire piece and flip it over (figure E).

8. Repeat using all sheets until you have used all strips. Fold last exposed piece over on so there are no exposed areas of adhesive (figure F).

9. Cut the sides to be straight so the width of the sheet is 8-1/4 inches wide. This completes one sheet. The final sheet should be about 8-1/4" x 6-3/4." Call this Sheet A.

10. Repeat this process all over again to make sheets that will become credit card slots. Cut five pieces of tape 8 inches long and make a sheet using the instructions above.

11. Cut five more pieces of tape 8 inches long and make yet another sheet.

12. Cut the two sheets in half so that you have four pieces that are about 3-3/4 inches wide (figure G).

13. Fold two of the pieces so that there is an overlap of about 1/8 inch at the top of each (figure H).

14. Line the two pieces up one on top of the other, again leaving an overlap of 1/8 inch (figure I).

15. Hold these folded pieces tightly and flip over. Tape together on what will become the back side (figure J).

16. Repeat with the other two little sheets you just made (figure K).

17. Open the section between the two pieces and place a small piece of tape along the bottom to create a duct tape seam. Call these card slots.

18. To build the wallet: Take Sheet A and fold it almost in half, leaving about 1/4 inch at the top. This fold will become the slot for all your dollars (figure L).

19. Take your folded sheet and lay one set of card slots along one side. You can always grab a wallet to look at for a guide if necessary (figure M).

20. Cut a piece of tape about 4 inches long and lay it on the outer edge of the card slots and covering about 1/4 inch of the edge of the wallet.

21. Lay the set of card slots along the other side of the wallet and run another 4-inch piece of tape just like in step 3 above.

22. Cut one more 4-inch-long piece of tape and lay it in the center securing down both sets of card slots (figure N).

23. Cut two pieces of tape about 9-1/2 inches long.

24. To make the velvet insert: Mist velvet sparsely with water. Lay stamp down with red rubber facing upward. Lay velvet right side down against rubber.

25. Press iron down where rubber is under velvet. Hold 10 to 15 seconds. Repeat until the piece of velvet is completely covered in designs (figure O). The final piece should be about 8" x 3-1/4".

26. Flip the wallet over (figure P). Lay the velvet on top of the wallet. Fold over the pieces of duct tape with adhesive exposed (figure Q). You may have to cut a few strips to place over these last duct tape pieces to give your wallet a clean, finished look.